CPC G01D 4/004 (2013.01) [H04L 45/74 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. A metering system, comprising:
a utility meter comprising a processing circuit and a communication module interface;
a communication module electronically coupled to the utility meter via the communication module interface, the communication module configured to transmit information to, and receive information from, the utility meter;
the processing circuit of the utility meter comprising one or more electronic processors configured to:
receive a first message from the communication module;
read a header frame of the first message;
determine a message type of the first message based on the header frame, wherein the determined message type is one of an ANSI-type message and an IEC-type message;
verify the first message based on the determined message type; and process the first message based on the determined message type,
wherein the determined message type is determined to be an IEC-type message based on an immediately preceding message being an IEC-type message.
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